Today, I woke up from a deep sleep.
The sun fell on my face and I for the first time, felt my heart open.
Love, like a river, flowed through me so I stretched my arms and reached out to life.
I felt drops of heavenly rain wash away the fears off my being.
Like muddy waters, the streams of pain and suffering ran down my body and cleansed my soul.
Suddenly, I realized I am alive!
Alive, with eyes that can speak, mouth that can taste, and fingers that could dance around the universe.
-Yulia Kozlyansky
